Devon: I'm gonna tell you the same thing that I told Hilary. I don't want to
dwell on New Year's Eve and what happened with the wreck that night and
everything else. It's over. It doesn't matter. And we're moving on, okay?

Mariah: I know, I know. Hilary told me. But I really, really need you to
listen to me.

Devon: Go for it.

Mariah: Ever since the accident, I have been blaming myself over choosing a
terrible time to try and get revenge on Hilary. It was stupid. I am embarrassed
for how I acted. Look, I didn't think that the whole teleprompter thing would be
--

Devon: Teleprompter thing?

Mariah: Yeah, the one that Hilary was using at the gala. Look, I-I know that
there are some things that you don't remember from that night, but now that
Hilary's filled you in, I really, really would like to apologize. I shouldn't
have changed the copy the way that I did. It was nasty and it was mean. I don't
know, I guess I thought it would be cool to trick Hilary into making a public
confession about tripping me on the show that day. But it wasn't cool. I felt
gross afterwards, and then I heard about the crash. And, Devon, we could have
lost you, and it would have been my fault.

Jack: Hey. What's wrong? Is there some kind of glitch with the program?

Ashley: You know what? You're the glitch. Why did you go after Fenmore's, anyway? Why were you so
determined? Are you bored because you're not butting heads with Victor anymore?

Jack: Whoa, whoa, why are you yelling at me?

Ashley: Because you went after Fenmore's, Jack, and you provoked Phyllis in
the process. Now, maybe she's not working at Jabot anymore, but she's not done
inflicting damage on this company. And if she manages to steal Ravi from us, I
blame you.

Kevin: I'm sorry, Paul. If anything happens to Dylan, I won't be able to
forgive myself.

Paul: I know, Kevin. I could say the same thing. Let's just back up for a
moment and see if we can piece this whole thing together.

Kevin: Okay, um, Sharon came here yesterday, and she was determined to
contact Dylan. I said no, absolutely not. And then I had to step out. I told you
it was an emergency. I was only gone a few minutes. But the phone was in here.

Paul: Out in the open?

Kevin: No, it was in your drawer.

Paul: She went into my desk?

Kevin: She must have. The good news is, according to the log, the call didn't
last long. It was less than 60 seconds.

Paul: That's because Fisk's second in command grabbed the phone. You know,
we're lucky Sharon didn't blow his cover right then and there. She could have
called him by name, announced that his wife was on the phone.

Kevin: So Dylan didn't know that it was Sharon who called?

Paul: No, because it was a woman's voice, he assumed it was Chris. And I
don't want him to know the truth, because if he thinks that Sharon can't cope
with this, he's not gonna be able to focus on this job, and that could cost him
everything. You understand?

Kevin: Mm-hmm. But if Sharon were willing to go this far this time --

Paul: No, there's not gonna be a next time. I'll see to that right now.

Ashley: First I find Phyllis in her old office chatting up Ravi. And then I
find them at top of the tower, where she's been wining and dining him. And
remember, she understands computers. She speaks Ravi's language.

Jack: Okay, she took him to lunch. They had a conversation. What else did
Phyllis do specifically?

Ashley: What else did she do? Are you kidding me? She plays upon his ego and
his -- his innocence. He had no idea she was trying to poach him over to
Fenmore's.

Jack: Well, if he didn't know, he didn't know. I hope you weren't too hard on
him.

Ashley: I had every reason to be angry, Jack. Ravi claims that he understands
and he feels awful and he says he has no intention of leaving Jabot.

Jack: Wait, why would he have to? Hello.

Ashley: Hi.

Ravi: Hi. Look, you don't have to fire me, and I don't expect severance. I'll
drop off my id badge at hr.

Jack: Whoa, whoa, no, no, no, Ravi. Take your things back to your office, and
let's sit down and talk. In fact, let's talk over dinner, unless you're still
too full from lunch.

Ravi: Really?

Jack: Really. Come on, I'm starving. Let's go.

Ravi: Okay.

Marlene just dropped out --

Hilary: Not now.

No guest, no episode.

Hilary: [Sighs] Give me the phone. Hi, Marlene? How can we fix this?

Devon: Hey, listen, Mariah, I don't blame you. That's the truth, okay? Hilary
and I talked, but she's still upset, and I still have some blank spots in my
memory, so if you can help me out, you would really be doing me a favor.

Mariah: Of course.

Devon: Um, you said you put a copy in the teleprompter?

Mariah: Hilary read it out loud, and everyone was shocked. Then she came at
me. You broke us up, and then you two went at it. And then you stormed out. I
guess that's why you hopped into that new, flashy car you just bought. I heard
you were going fast. Really, really fast. And it was so icy out that night.
Look, you -- you should blame me. You should.

I would. But the fact that you don't and the fact that you and Hilary are all
right... did I just make everything worse?

Hilary: Devon. Babe, what are you doing here? You should be resting. Come on.
I'm gonna take you home. You look exhausted. I'm getting you straight to --

Devon: I'm fine. I'm more than fine. I was getting stir crazy at home,
actually. And Mariah was just catching me up.

Mariah: Go home. Take it easy for a few days at least.

Devon: Well, who am I to argue with the women in my life, especially the star
over here and our producer, especially when they agree on something?

Mariah: Trust me, you don't have to worry about Hilary and I. We talked.
We're good. No more dust-ups.

Hilary: Yeah, we're great.

Devon: Good. Then I guess my job here is done. Let's go home.

Hilary: Yeah.

Mariah: Bye, guys. Take care.

Devon: Hey, thank you, Mariah.

Michael: All right, according to you, Ravi Shapur is not under contract with
Jabot. Fenmore's does not have an official non-compete with Jabot. So Ashley can
be indignant that you tried to steal an employee, but you did nothing illegal,
not even unethical.

Phyllis: Good. Thank you.

Michael: Since when does Ashley Abbott cause you to second-guess yourself?

Phyllis: This is not about me. This is about Fenmore's. This is about your
wife. I want to help her and the company in any way I can, and getting sued is
not in the helpful category.

Michael: Look at you, being all conscientious. You know what? Thank you.
Lauren is hopeful, and that makes me grateful.

Phyllis: Well, you know what? I hope that your friend Craig comes through. We
need him and his bank account.

Michael: He's a straight shooter. If he says he wants to invest, he's not
playing games. I was just afraid Gloria was gonna muck things up before the deal
was final.

Phyllis: Why? How? Come on, you just made me feel better about Ashley, and
now you're making me freak out about Gloria. What kind of friend are you?

Michael: Easy, easy, easy. No, I was just afraid Gloria was trying to weasel
a job out of Craig, but the explanation is much simpler and, sadly, more
predictable.

Phyllis: Things with Gloria are never simple. Or predictable.

Ravi: Mm. Oh, I'm sorry. Did -- did you want this?

Jack: No, no, no. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Ravi: I did. I usually eat three meals a day at my desk out of a bag.
Today...

Ashley: Wined and dined twice in one day. Lucky you.

Ravi: I won't get used to it. I like my desk. I-I can go back now if you
want.

Jack: No, we want you to be happy at Jabot.

Ravi: There's no place I'd rather be.

Ashley: Let's make it official.

Ravi: A contract?

Ashley: Yes.

[Cell phone vibrates]

Ashley: Is there a problem with that?

Ravi: No. This -- this is great.

Jack: Excuse me. I have to take this. Look, read it over. Make sure you like
it. We want you to be happy.

Ashley: And to be ours.

Ravi: Well, let's make it so.

Jack: Hello?

Gloria: Can you talk?

Jack: How soon can you meet me at top of the tower?

Gloria: Check your elevator.

Paul: By calling him, you could have blown everything.

Sharon: A woman answered his phone. Why did she have his phone? How do you
know he's okay? Maybe he's being kept against his will!

Paul: Sharon... we talked to Dylan. We spoke with him. That's how we know you
made the call. And because the voice was a woman, he assumed that he was
speaking with Chris.

Sharon: Who is she, and what does she have to do with his case?

Paul: That isn't up for debate. You need to promise me that you will not take
that risk again.

Sharon: You want to give me nothing and you want me to make promises? I'm
just supposed to stay home and do nothing? Not think? Not move? Just wait for
the day that he comes walking through the door again or wait for you to stop by
and tell me that he's dead! And what am I supposed to tell faith if that
happens? And how am I supposed to get through the next night, the next week, or
however long it takes? You know, when he left, he... he couldn't say the words.
He wouldn't say that he was coming home. And I just kept thinking that... that
he had a feeling.

Paul: Sharon. He will be back. Dylan is coming home.

Dylan: Delivery on payment. That was the agreement.

Fisk: No, no, no. I said you'd get what is yours.

That was the agreement.

[Door closes]

Dylan: All right, Fisk. I got a boss to answer to. And this wasn't part of
the plan.

Alex: His boss is, uh, overeager. She already called.

Fisk: She? You said you work for parcells, who's definitely not a woman. So
now, tell me, who's really pulling your strings?

Dylan: My boss is parcells. And just like you, he has a lieutenant, and just
like yours, she's a woman. Her name is Amanda. [Chuckling] Can -- can we just get on with this?

Fisk: Why did she call?

Dylan: I didn't get a chance to ask her.

Alex: I answered. She didn't say much, then hung up.

Fisk: Then how do you even know it was parcells' second?

Dylan: Because nobody else has the number. I mean, who cares who called? This
is about money for product, right?

Fisk: Why didn't you call her back?

Dylan: 'Cause I was busy. You want details to that transaction, too, or did
you already get those? So... when, where, and how can I get this shipment so I
can finally tell my boss this wasn't a complete waste of time?

Sharon: This has been on his finger since the day I put it on him. Since the
day you married us. And now it's hidden in a box because this ring could expose
him. This -- this is us. It's, uh, a man who protects me and loves me and
forgives me for a lot of things. Has anyone ever forgiven you like that?

Paul: Yeah. Chris has.

Sharon: So then you know what it's like when someone really loves you, that
they can forgive you and they can... they can see who you really are and they
stand by you. [Sighs]

Paul: [Chuckles]

Sharon: You know, Dylan forgave me for the lies about sully. Do you think
that if sully were in our lives today that you would have even sent him on this
case? Or do you think that Dylan would've even taken it? Dylan -- he needed to
forget about the pain. He needed to forget about his life. And for him, it was
worth risking everything so that he wouldn't have to spend another day in this
house with an empty nursery upstairs.

Paul: I understand, Sharon. I do. And I know the waiting seems like forever.
But I swear to you, I never would have let Dylan go if I didn't think he'd make
it back home.

Sharon: [Sighs] You can't be sure about that, Paul. And what if I -- what
if I ruined everything now? I mean, I never -- never got to actually talk to
Dylan. But what if I exposed him?

Paul: Dylan is still okay. And he's smart. Trust me. Believe me that more
than anything else in this world, he wants to come home to you. And he'll do
that. I trust my son to do what he sets out to do, okay? I have to get back to
the station. You're gonna be okay.

Sharon: Yeah. Thanks, Paul. Um, I promise I won't do anything else stupid. [Sniffles] Oh, um... do you... do you want to take this?

Paul: You give it back to him when he comes home.

[Door closes]

Hilary: Devon.

[Door closes]

Hilary: Hey.

[Keys clatter]

Hilary: What's going on? You were so quiet in the car. Did something
happen at your checkup?

Devon: No. Actually, um, Stitch gave me a clean bill of health. And I'm off
pain meds, so having this is fine.

Hilary: Good. That's -- that's good.

Devon: He actually said that I just need to take things slow, but I can
pretty much get back to life the way things were before the accident.

Hilary: Oh, that is wonderful. And I can't think of a better way to
celebrate... than trying to start our new family.

Devon: I remember.

Hilary: What?

Devon: I remember New Year's Eve. I know what happened.

Hilary: That's what you and Mariah were talking about, wasn't it? She was
filling your head with lies about me!

Devon: Is that what you really want to stick with is that they're lies?
'Cause everything she said fell pretty much right in line with what I remember.

Hilary: Your memory really came back?

Devon: Yes, my memory really did come back. And the truth has been right in
front of my face this entire time -- everything you did, everything Mariah
helped you do to yourself. I left that night in that car 'cause I was trying to
get as far away from you as possible. And you were gonna keep me in the dark
about it, weren't you?

Hilary: Stitch said that it was too soon. Ask him. Ask Neil. Ask Lily. Okay?
Everyone was just trying not to upset you.

Devon: I don't care. I don't care. I want you to say it. I want to hear you
say the words of what you did, that you sabotaged Mariah and purposely wanted to
humiliate her like a damn middle school girl tripping the competition 'cause
you're jealous. Do you have any idea how pathetic that sounds?

Hilary: You wouldn't listen. You just kept telling me that nothing from that
night mattered as long as we were together. Devon, when you woke up in the
hospital, you had tears in your eyes, and you apologized for taking such a
horrible risk, and you were relieved that I wasn't in the car with you, that I
hadn't been hurt. That's your instinct. Deep down, all you care about is that
we're together. That was true then. And it was real. So why isn't it true now?
Devon. What's really changed?

Devon: Everything.

Phyllis: Can we get back to the conversation about Gloria?

Michael: [Sighs]

Phyllis: You saw her exchanging numbers with your old friend Craig?

Michael: Yeah. Whom she normally can't stand. He's calm and stable, and
therefore way too boring for her. But suddenly Gloria was all smiles and charm.
So naturally I thought she was trying to weasel a job out of him.

Phyllis: Well, if he's really your friend, I assume you told him to haul off
and go in the opposite direction?

Michael: Only, uh, she's not trying to get a job. She's trying to get a
husband.

Jack: Craig Steele? What does he know about fashion?

Gloria: [Chuckles] He knows about friendship. He's fond of Michael and
Lauren, and he wants to help. Who knows? Maybe a little glamour in his life is
an added bonus.

Jack: And he doesn't know the first thing about Lauren's business, which I'm
sure is part of the appeal for her.

Gloria: Yes, because she doesn't want anybody hanging over her shoulder
telling her what to do.

Jack: Hands off is not the way I operate.

Gloria: Which is why you're sitting here with me instead of signing a
contract with her.

Jack: This is not going at all like I planned. Lauren finds deep pockets, and
now Phyllis is snaking my best employees.

Ravi: That woman must be pretty important for the boss to be spending this
much time with her.

Ashley: [Sighs] Gloria's a black hole of chaos and destruction.

Ravi: Ah. Is she one of his ex-wives, like Phyllis?

Ashley: [Coughs]

Ravi: Are you okay?

Ashley: I'm fine. She's not one of Jack's ex-wives, thank God. Phyllis was
bad enough. By the way, Ravi, you do know that Phyllis and Jack just broke up
recently, right? Which is why he resents her for trying to seduce you. I mean,
over to Fenmore's.

Ravi: If that's what goes on after a breakup -- using people -- then I'm glad
I'm single.

Ashley: Nobody special in your life?

Ravi: I haven't found the right girl.

Ashley: You're very young.

Ravi: It's not that. My parents' marriage set the bar pretty high.

Ashley: You know, you haven't spoken much about your family. Are you close to
them?

Paul: Yeah. You know, Kevin... [Sighs] I thought about how this case would affect
Dylan, all the pressures
and all the stresses, but I really didn't think through what it would do to
Sharon. So, you know, I just tried to reassure her.

Kevin: Well, it's all true. Dylan is on top of this, chief. He's gonna do
whatever it takes to make it back from this mission, the same way he did
whatever it took to make it back from the war. That's what you told Sharon,
right?

Paul: Essentially, yes.

Kevin: Good, because all of that is true. Dylan's gonna be home soon.

Paul: Yeah. [Sighs]

Mariah: Hey. Do you want to hear some crazy news? Devon is up and walking
around, and he and Hilary are back together. I know, I know. She's awful. But
guess what? I'm not Devon. I don't have to be married to her. Although I do have
to say it is a little reassuring to see that somebody can work through any...
what's wrong? Is it Dylan? Did something happen?

Sharon: Paul was just here, and he said that Dylan is okay. But, uh...

Mariah: But what?

Sharon: But his cover may have been blown because of, uh, me, something
stupid that I did.

Mariah: What something? I don't understand.

Sharon: I found this special phone at the police station, and I tried to call
Dylan on it. And a woman answered.

Mariah: A woman? Like a -- like a drug dealer woman?

Sharon: I don't know. I got off the phone with her as fast as possible.

Mariah: Sharon...

Sharon: I might have ruined everything. I... Dylan could be in danger. And if
something were to ever happen to him because of me, I just... I don't know how I
would handle that. I wouldn't survive it.

[Machine clicking quickly]

[Machine stops]

Dylan: It's all there.

Alex: Like you're not gonna weigh the product? You're just gonna trust us?

Dylan: [Chuckles] If I ever get the product, I'll let you know.

Alex: There's a discrepancy.

Fisk: That's not good. Not good at all.

Dylan: Hold on. Go ahead, Alex. Tell him.

Alex: There's more than the agreed amount.

Dylan: About 5% more. My boss is a generous man. He wants this deal to go
smoothly. But feel free to give some to charity. Whatever.

Fisk: It'll go to a good cause.

Dylan: [Chuckles] Yeah, I'm sure. My boss wants confirmation that the
transaction is done. So, uh, let's get to the pier and finish this. Finally.
Hey, I'm gonna catch up with you after I get the shipment, all right?

Alex: You do that.

Fisk: Bring the car around. Take our friend Derek to pier 13. Shipment's on
the Esmeralda. Registered in panama. You got all that? The product is excellent.
Price is fair. No nonsense. It was a pleasure doing business with you. Derek, I
say we do it again sometime.

Hilary: Please, Devon. Talk to me. Yell if you have to. I can take it. Don't
just sit there and act like it's all over. Seeing you in that hospital bed, it
changed me. Whatever it takes to heal us, I'll do it. I want a life with you,
Devon. I want a home. I want a family. And I will do all of the hard work, okay?
Because I know that we are worth it.

Devon: No, we're not. We never were worth it. Our relationship's been a
mistake from day one, okay? You can dress it up with money and this damn
penthouse and your looks, but at the end of the day, it is what it is. It's
ugly, and it's cheap.

Hilary: We have love, Devon. We have... we have real love.

Devon: Yeah?

Hilary: Yeah. And it's precious, and it's worth fighting for.

Devon: Do you have any idea how guilty I felt going off the road like I did,
thinking I was putting you through hell? Do you? I guess the real joke is on me,
right?!

[Glass shatters]

Hilary: Hey, we can -- we can -- we can start over. Devon. Come on. Things
for us have never been easy, from the way that we fell in love to the things
that got in the way. And this -- this can -- this can be like a fire, and it
just burns all of that away. And we can start fresh. We can -- we can focus on
us, on our future.

Devon: We don't have a future. We're done. We never should have happened.
You're toxic!

Hilary: No, Devon. No, no. That's not -- that's not true. Okay, there's a
reason why we fell in love, okay? We -- we told the whole world to go to hell!

Devon: Well, you know what? I'm not telling that to the whole world anymore.
I'm just telling you. So why don't you get your things, get out of this house,
and you go to hell? We're finished!

Hilary: [Sighs]

Ashley: This was such a lovely evening. You know what? I almost feel grateful
to Phyllis.

Ravi: Me, too. I definitely wasn't expecting a Jabot contract, especially
after I screwed up today.

Ashley: Come on, that's all forgiven and forgotten. It's been nice getting to
know you away from the office. I hope I wasn't prying too much.

Ravi: Not at all. You're surprisingly easy to talk to.

Ashley: What do you mean, surprising? You don't think I'm a warm and fuzzy
person, Ravi?

Ravi: No, that's not it. You're one of the warmest people I've ever met. Uh,
surprising because I don't usually open up to people easily, so anyone who
thinks you're not a warm person obviously doesn't know you.

Ashley: That's sweet.

Jack: Do me a favor. Don't go marrying Steele until you kill his deal with
Fenmore's.

Gloria: Oh, come on. I was just kidding. Maybe. Thing is, I understand Craig
better now. He may have a full bank account, but an empty life and a lovely
house in Nantucket.

Jack: By spending all your time spending Craig's money, how are you gonna
find time for the "little job" you requested at Jabot?

Sharon: What if Paul just said that because that's what I needed to hear?

Mariah: How did Paul seem to you? Did he seem honest, sincere?

Sharon: That's the way Paul always seems.

Mariah: Exactly, Sharon. Paul loves Dylan, too. If something were actually
wrong, he wouldn't have stood in this room and talked with you so calmly. Dylan
is safe, and he's gonna stay that way. He's gonna come home to you.

Dylan: I'm gonna listen to some music. Tell me when we get there.

Fisk: Bring the car around. Take our friend Derek to pier 13. Shipment's on
the Esmeralda. Registered in panama. You got all that? Hey, we're headed inland.
Where the hell you taking me? Hey, stop the car!

[Car doors lock]

Next on "The Young and the Restless"...

Hilary: This isn't about me. This is about Devon. And that's why I need your
help.

Phyllis: You and Gloria.

Gloria: I can't believe you let this one get away. I mean, he's a real tiger.
Rawr.

Kevin: I think it's reasonable to assume that something might have gone
wrong.

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